Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (51): 7672-7677.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.51.011

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A culture method for cortical neurons derived from neonatal Sprague-Dawley rats

Wang Dong-yan1, Yang Jin-wei2, Cheng Jing-ru3, Ma Wei1, Li Xing-tong1, Guo Jian-hui2, Li Li-yan1   

  1. 1Institute for Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, China; 2Second Department of General Surgery, the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China; 3Medical Faculty of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, China
  • Received:2016-09-17 Online:2016-12-09 Published:2016-12-09
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Li Li-yan, M.D., Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Institute for Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, China Corresponding author: Guo Jian-hui, Chief physician, Professor, Master’s supervisor, Second Department of General Surgery, the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
  • About author:Wang Dong-yan, Studying for master’s degree, Institute for Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31560295, 31260253, 81260075; Priority Union Foundation of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department and Kunming Medical University, No. 2015FB098, 2014FZ066; the Science Foundations of Education Department of Yunnan Province, No. 2014C020Y; the Provincial Key Construction Project in 2014-Department of General Surgery (the First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province)

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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Primary culture in vitro of neurons plays an important role in the development, regeneration, signal transduction mechanisms, neuropharmacology and gene expressions of the nervous system.
OBJECTIVE: To establish a simple method for primary culture of high-purity cortical neurons in neonatal Sprague-Dawley rats.
METHODS: Cortical tissues were acquired from neonatal Sprague-Dawley rats born 1 day. In traditional experimental group, the whole cortex was removed; in improved experimental group, the cortical tissues, 2-3 mm thick on the brain surface were removed. Single cell suspensions were prepared after papain digestion and centrifugation and were then seeded onto 24-well culture plates containing neuron solutions for primary culture (1×105 per well). Cells were identified by neuronal specific markers MAP-2 and Tuj1 after 3-day culture. The number of neurons and neurite length were observed under inverted phase contrast microscope and recorded at 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours, 5 and 7 days of culture, resprctively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The cultured cells expressing MAP-2 and Tuj1 were neurons that could be used in the following experiments. The purity of neurons in the improved experimental group was 92% at 3 days, while only 51% in the traditional experimental group. Cells in both two groups had attached to the wall presenting with small processes at 6 hours, and a simple neural network formed at the 3rd day until dense neural networks could be found at the 5th day. To conclude, our culture method herein is simple and convenient, and can be used to produce neurons with high purity, which will be helpful for the experimental studies on cortical neurons from Sprague-Dawley rats.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：组织构建；骨细胞；软骨细胞；细胞培养；成纤维细胞；血管内皮细胞；骨质疏松；组织工程

Key words: Neurons, Cells, Cultured, Tissue Engineering

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